2-4-0 Steam Locomotives in Germany

Class B IVb (Locobase 5784)

Christian Lindecke [] (visited 12 December 2003) for data. Based on Bavarian practice, these dual-service engines supplanted the III A single-wheelers. Outside cylinders were supplied from inside slide valves, plate frames carrying a long boiler with Ramsbottom double safety valves outlined the design.

But the pace had quickened and these 60-kmh (37-mph) machines no longer answered, so they were converted to 2-4-2T tank locomotives in 1888-1892.

Class B IVc (Locobase 11204)

Data from [], last accessed 13 April 2010.

This class was similar to the earlier IV b class (Locobase 5784) except for replacing the double frame with a single-course plate frame. The smaller boiler and grate did not steam well and the class was not considered a success. Wikipedia refers to tests with "finned tubes" almost certainly refers to Serve tubes; such installations proved of little help.

Even so, Baden State only slowly discarded the class in taking 25 years (1901-1925) to retire the class. Perhaps its reputation as negotiating curves well

Class I g / BR 70.101 (Locobase 6028)

Very similar to the Bavarian 2-4-0T of 5 years earlier shown in Locobase 6027. Although shown as two batches -- 1914 (5) and 1916 (15) -- the data appears to be the same for both. Locobase 6029 shows the postwar batch.

Data from the US Military Railway Service Equipment Data Book for German Locomotives (obtained from Allen Stanley's extensive Rail Data Exchange of diagram books in March 2004).

Class I g 3/ BR 70.126 (Locobase 6029)

Data from the US Military Railway Service Equipment Data Book for German Locomotives (obtained from Allen Stanley's extensive Rail Data Exchange of diagram books in March 2004).

This was the follow-on batch of I gs produced by the DRG after they absorbed all of the Landerbahns; see Locobase 6028 for the earlier set. All 8 survived World War II. Three went into storage in the late 1940s but were restored to service. Ultimately all 8 were retired in 1954.